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Stratford Writers Festival presents Emily Anglin

Stratford Public Library 19 St Andrew Street, Stratford, ON

Stratford Writers Festival presents Through Her Eyes: Contemporary Women's Writing Panel, with Emily Anglin, author of The Third Person. Also with Sarah Selecky and Andrea Bain. Hosted by Kerry Clare. In today's society, women are under more pressure than ever to meet certain expectations. While they take very different approaches, three books being featured at […]

Toronto launch of Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway

Glad Day Bookshop 499 Church Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

'Love or Whatever': A Night of Readings and the Launch of Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway. Featuring guest readers: Canisia Lubrin, Carianne Leung, Kai Cheng Thom, Cason Sharpe, Arielle Twist, and Natalie Wee. Hosted by Teddy Syrette.

Free

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents D. Nandi Odhiambo

Harbourfront Centre Toronto, ON, Canada

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents D. Nandi Odhiambo, author of Smells Like Stars. Also with Kirsten McDougall and Melanie Raabe. Moderated by Sarah Henstra and hosted by Emily Saso. The impact of secrets on relationships will be explored, when these three international authors share the stage to discuss their latest works. Kenyan-born CanadianOdhiambo presents his third novel Smells Like Stars, which features […]

$18

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Alex Leslie

Harbourfront Centre Toronto, ON, Canada

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Alex Leslie, author of We All Need to Eat. Also with Alicia Giménez-Bartlett and Sayaka Murata. Moderated Susan G. Cole and hosted by Danila Botha. Societal relationships and the status of women in today’s world is the hot topic of this meeting of minds. Giménez-Bartlett’s Naked Men exposes the ways in which life’s disappointments can make people do […]

$18

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents D. Nandi Odhiambo

Manx Pub 370 Elgin St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa International Writers Festival, in partnership with the Plan 99 Reading Series, presents D. Nandi Odhiambo, author of Smells Like Stars. Also with Martha Bátiz and Tamara Faith Berger. Moderated by David O'Meara.  

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents Shannon Webb-Campbell in Conversation with Lee Maracle

Christ Church Cathedral 414 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of I Am a Body of Land, in conversation with Lee Maracle. If poetry is a place to question, I Am a Body of Land, by Shannon Webb-Campbell, is an attempt to explore a relationship to poetic responsibility and accountability, and frame poetry as a form of revisioning. […]

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents Hana Shafi

Manx Pub 370 Elgin St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa International Writers Festival, in partnership with the Plan 99 Reading Series, presents Hana Shafi, author of It Begins With The Body. Also with Deanna Young, Julie Bruck, and Paul Vermeersch. Moderated by David O'Meara.    

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents Sandra Ridley

Christ Church Cathedral 414 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents the 25th Anniversary of above/ground press. With Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija. Also with Gil McElroy and Sarah Mangold. Moderated by Stephen Brockwell.  

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